NICKNAMES:
If Emma, Suzanne, Debra and Michelle go out
for lunch, they will call
each other Emma, Suzanne, Debra and Michelle.
But if Mike, Phil, Rob and Jack go out for a
beer, they will
affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy,
Godzilla, Peanut-Head and
Useless.
EATING OUT:
When the bill arrives, Mike, Phil, Rob and
Jack will each throw in
$20, even though it's only for $22.50. None of
them will have anything
smaller, and none will actually admit they want
change back.
When the girls get their bill, out come the
pocket calculators.
MONEY:
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he wants.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she
doesn't want.
BATHROOMS:
A man has six items in his bathroom-a
toothbrush, shaving cream,
razor, a bar of soap, and a towel from the
Holiday Inn.
The average number of items in the typical
woman's bathroom is
437. A man would not be able to identify most of
these items.
ARGUMENTS:
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the
beginning of a new argument.
CATS:
Women love cats.
Men say they love cats, but when women aren't
looking, men kick cats.
FUTURE:
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he
gets a wife.
SUCCESS:
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a
man.
MARRIAGE:
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she
won't change and she does.
DRESSING UP:
A woman will dress up to: go shopping, water
the plants, empty the
garbage, answer the phone, read a book, get the
mail.
A man will dress up for: weddings, funerals.
THE NATURE OF THINGS:
Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.
Women somehow deteriorate during the night.
OFFSPRING:
Ah, children. A woman knows all about her
children. She knows about
dentist appointments and romances, best friends
and favorite foods and
secret fears and hopes and dreams.
A man is vaguely aware of some short people
living in the house.